Post Game Thread (Jun 29, 2025): Cubs (49-35) @ Astros (50-34)

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CHC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	7
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		2	7	0	7

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Paredes	4	0	1	0	0	0	.254
CF	Meyers	4	0	1	0	0	0	.306
2B	Altuve	4	1	1	2	0	2	.260
RF	Smith	4	0	0	0	0	2	.276
C	Diaz, Ya	4	0	1	0	0	0	.242
1B	Walker, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	.213
LF	Hummel	2	0	1	0	1	0	.222
SS	Dubón	3	0	1	0	0	0	.239
3B	Guillorme	3	1	1	0	0	1	.150

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	6.0	5	0	0	2	6	92-61	2.72
Abreu, B	2.0	0	0	0	0	4	23-16	1.63
Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11-7	1.67

CHC		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
LF	Happ	4	0	0	0	0	2	.240
RF	Tucker	4	0	1	0	0	0	.291
DH	Suzuki	4	0	0	0	0	2	.258
SS	Swanson	2	0	0	0	2	1	.245
CF	Crow-Armstrong	4	0	0	0	0	2	.262
C	Kelly, C	4	0	1	0	0	2	.259
2B	Hoerner	4	0	1	0	0	0	.293
1B	Turner, J	2	0	1	0	0	1	.210
1B	Busch	1	0	0	0	0	0	.273
3B	Berti	2	0	1	0	0	0	.209
3B	Bruján	1	0	0	0	0	1	.156

CHC	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Taillon	4.2	5	2	2	1	4	107-73	4.44
Brasier	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	18-11	1.32
Pressly	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	11-9	3.66
Keller, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	14-10	1.91

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B5	Jose Altuve homers (13) on a fly ball to left field. Luis Guillorme scores.	2-0

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Astros – June 29, 2025	0:06
Probable pitchers for Cubs at Astros – June 29, 2025	0:06
Bullpen availability for Chicago, June 29 vs Astros	0:08
Bullpen availability for Houston, June 29 vs Cubs	0:08
Bench availability for Houston, June 29 vs Cubs	0:08
Fielding alignment for Houston, June 29 vs Cubs	0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, June 29 vs Astros	0:08
Starting lineups for Cubs at Astros – June 29, 2025	0:10
The distance behind Jose Altuve's home run	0:13
Breaking down Jameson Taillon's pitches	0:04
Jose Altuve's home run through bat tracking data	0:11
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04
Framber Valdez's outing against the Cubs	0:22
Framber Valdez strikes out Ian Happ	0:09
Kyle Tucker's double in the 1st	0:16
Jameson Taillon fans Jose Altuve	0:06
Valdez moves to 10th on Astros' all-time K's list	0:09
Jose Altuve's two-run homer (13)	0:34
Yordan Alvarez takes live batting practice	0:35
Dansby Swanson's barehanded play	0:21
James Taillon strikes out four batters	0:32
Bryan Abreu sidesteps trouble with K	0:07
Framber Valdez strikes out six in scoreless start	0:54
Field View: Jose Altuve's two-run homer	0:36
Bryan Abreu fans Dansby Swanson	0:06
Nico Hoerner pops out to catcher Yainer Diaz in foul territory.	0:11

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (9-4, 2.72 ERA)	Taillon (7-6, 4.44 ERA)	Hader (23 SV, 1.67 ERA)

Game ended at 3:44 PM.